Roll paper holder and cutter



March 3l, 1936.

T. C. JOHNSON ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER Filed MaIOh 18, 1955 Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT cEEleE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in roll paper holders and cutters and primarily has for its object to provide a holder with a simple inexpensive brake device cooperative with the saddles that support the shaft or spindle on which the paper roll is mounted; also to provide a paper cutter which after cutting off the amount of paper required will leave suflicient paper loose to take hold of so that the paper can be pulled from the roll easily in getting ready to cut the next piece of paper so that one does not have to reach up and roll the paper around by hand past the cutter before it can be taken hold of.

lo Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention still further resides in those novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be rst fully described in the following detailed description, then be pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in Which:-

Fgure l is a plan View of the invention with a roll of paper in place, a portion of the paper roll being broken away.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the brake plates somewhat enlarged.

In the drawing, in which like numerals indicate like parts in all of the ligures, I represents the bases on which the standards 2 are mounted. The standards 2 have their upper ends provided with outwardly extended bifurcated foot portions 3 through which bolts i with nuts pass to secure the standards to the bases I and to the top cross bar 6. The bases I are held spaced apart a proper distance by a cross bar 5.

Each standard 2 is provided with a U-shaped saddle 1 in which the ends of the paper roll shaft or spindle 21 rest.

Mounted on each standard 2 adjacent the saddles I are the brake devices which constitute the essential part of the present invention. Each of these devices (there is one at each side of the paper roll 25) comprises the plate 8 having a U-shaped recess 9 to straddle the saddle 'I (see Figure 2). It is also provided with a pair of side lugs I0 which project toward the standards 2 at each side of the saddle 1. Each plate 8 is also provided with a bulge II having a square aperture I2 to receive the bolt Ill which passes through an aperture in the standard and carries a wing nut I5, there being a coil spring I6 interposed between the plate 8 and the standard 2. The bolt I4 has a square portion which passes through the aperture I2 and a countersunk head which lies in the recess formed by the bulge I I.

Those faces I3 of the plates 8 which are opposite one another are smooth and uninterrupted so that they bear evenly on the sides of the paper roll.

By providing the recess 9 in the plate 8 and the lugs I0 to straddle the saddle 1 the plate 8 is prevented from swiveling on the Aaxis of the bolt I4. The lugs I0 enable the plate 8 to be projected beyond the saddle 'I without disengagy ing the plate from the saddle.

II and I8 designate the paper cutter which is of V-shape in end elevation and is carried by a pair of arms 2G having flattened portions I9 welded or otherwise secured to the section Il of the cutter or tear-off plate. The arms 2B are connected to a shaft portion ZI which is mounted in bearing members 22 on the underside of the top cross bar 26, there being a coil spring 23 provided which constantly tends to hold the cutter plate I'I-I8 with its angl-e edge in contact with the roll of paper. A hook 24 is pivoted to one side of the top cross plate 6 for the purpose of holding up the arms 20 to hold the cutter plate I'I-I8 away from the paper roll while inserting or removing the roll of paper or if for any other reason it be desired to hold the cutter in an inoperative position. With the construction shown and described it will be observed that when a section of paper is torn off there will be left a free end 2B which may be grasped for the purpose of pulling off an additional section of paper to be torn off.

What I claim is:

l. In a paper holder, a pair of standards, bases on which said standards are mounted and a top cross connecting bar between said standards, said standards having roll-paper shaft-supporting saddles, in combination with a brake plate and tension means mounted on one of said standards adjacent its saddle, said brake plate having bifurcations to embrace said saddle as a guide and said tension means comprising a bolt with a nut passing through a standard and carrying said brake plate, and a spring on said bolt between said standard and brake plate.

2. In a paper holder, a pair of standards, bases on which said standards are mounted and a top cross connecting bar between said standards, said standards having roll-paper shaft-supporting saddles, in combination with a brake plate and tension means mounted on one of said standards adjacent its saddle, said brake plate having bifurcations to embrace said saddle as a guide and said tension means comprising a bolt with a nut passing through a standard and carrying said brake plate, a spring on said bolt between said standard and brake plate, and said brake plate having a pair of guide lugs between which the saddle is located to permit said plate to be adjusted beyond the end of the saddle.

3. In a paper holder, a pair of standards, bases on which said standards are mounted, a top cross connecting bar between said standards, a bottom cross brace between said bases, said standards having roll-paper shaft-supporting saddles, in combination with a paper tearoif blade of V-shape in end elevation, arms carrying said blad,- means hinging said arms to said top cross connecting bar, spring means to press the angle edge of said blade against a roll of paper carried on said saddles, and a hook on said cross bar to hold said blade out of engagement with the paper when desired.

THOMAS C. JOHNSON. 

